Banshee Prime · Loadouts

Banshee by progress

Progression path first. Specialist cards after. Each progression card is the peak you can run at that rung — not a second identity.

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Progression path

Starter0–1 FormaStarterHigh confidenceStar ChartSteel PathShards optional

First Ping

Learn the frame.

Best for: Star Chart, first Banshee, learning the ping

Sonar paints weak spots. Silence shuts Eximus up. Sound Quake is not your nuke anymore.

Sonar is one of the best damage buffs in the game. It multiplies, and it stacks.

Investment: 1 Forma · Reactor · 1 shard

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High — How strongly the Codex recommends this for its stated purpose — not a test log.

Dmg: 4/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 5/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then First Ping — Star Chart.

Star Chart2–3 FormaModerateHigh confidenceStar ChartSteel Path

First Ping — Star Chart

First serious version.

Best for: Junctions through the Outer Terminus. Steel Path is the next card, not this one.

Sonar paints weak spots. Silence shuts Eximus up. Sound Quake is not your nuke anymore. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.

Sonar is one of the best damage buffs in the game. It multiplies, and it stacks.

Investment: 3 Forma · Reactor · 2 specialised mods

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High — How strongly the Codex recommends this for its stated purpose — not a test log.

Dmg: 4/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 3/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 5/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Herald of Death — Steel Path.

Steel Path3–4 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceStar ChartSteel PathShards optional

Herald of Death — Steel Path

Your first endgame-capable version.

Best for: Steel Path Star Chart, Circuit, first Archon. Helminth is the next card.

Resonance keeps Sonar forever. The squad's guns become unfair. Sound Quake is Helminth bait. This is the peak you can run the day Steel Path unlocks — galvanized / arcanes, no Helminth.

Resonance is Banshee. Without it you recast 2 like a peasant.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · 1 shard · 3 specialised mods

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Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 2/5 Dmg
Sur: 3/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 4/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Herald of Death — Optimised.

Optimised4 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceNetracellsArchon HuntsHelminthShards optional

Herald of Death — Optimised

Spend resources to push it.

Best for: Netracells, Archon, EDA. You have Helminth or you don't need it.

Resonance keeps Sonar forever. The squad's guns become unfair. Sound Quake is Helminth bait.

Resonance is Banshee. Without it you recast 2 like a peasant.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Roar, Eclipse, or Brightbonnet) · 2 shards · 5 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 2/5 Dmg
Sur: 3/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 3/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Herald of Death — Endgame.

Needs Helminth or shards. Open the Starter first if those are locked.

Endgame4 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathHelminthShards optional

Herald of Death — Endgame

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: endgame / endurance groups, Murmur tiles, anyone who wants to buff the whole cell

Resonance keeps Sonar forever. The squad's guns become unfair. Sound Quake is Helminth bait.

Resonance is Banshee. Without it you recast 2 like a peasant.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Roar, Eclipse, or Brightbonnet) · 2 shards · 5 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 2/5 Dmg
Sur: 3/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 2/5 Ease

Your next step: stop here unless a specialist card fits the mission.

Needs Helminth or shards. Open the Starter first if those are locked.

Specialist builds

Not part of the path

Same frame, different job. These are not missing rungs — they are optional identities once the path feels easy.

Endgame4 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathBossesHelminthShards optional

Silent Gloom

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: Solo Steel Path, Liches, people who want the room stuck in mud

Gloom over Sound Quake. Silence plus a slow field. Sonar still does the damage math.

Gloom is the solo subsume. Resonance stays.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Gloom (Sevagoth)) · 2 shards · 3 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 3/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 5/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 2/5 Ease

Your next step: stop here unless a specialist card fits the mission.

Needs Helminth or shards. Open the Starter first if those are locked.

Steel Path3 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceSpyShards optional

Savage Quiet

Your first endgame-capable version.

Best for: Melee Banshee, finisher weapons, people who like the hush

Savage Silence opens finishers and multiplies them. Sonar optional. You are a stealth-adjacent murderer.

Savage Silence is why Ash borrows this ability.

Investment: 3 Forma · Reactor · 2 shards · 3 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 3/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 4/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Herald of Death — Optimised.

Steel Path3 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceBossesShards optional

Sonic Fracture

Your first endgame-capable version.

Best for: Grineer, Liches, anyone who wants strip without a Helminth

Sonic Boom becomes an armor strip. Sonar still multiplies the now-naked target.

Two augments, both from the same syndicates.

Investment: 3 Forma · Reactor · 1 shard · 3 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 4/5 Dmg
Sur: 3/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 4/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Herald of Death — Optimised.